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'''Derawal Nagar''' is a colony in [[Delhi]], [[India]] in which people of the [[Derawal]] ethnic group reside. Originally native to the [[Derajat]] region (the cities of [[Dera Ismail Khan]] and [[Dera Ghazi Khan]] in [[Pakistan]]. These individuals, who are mostly [[Hindu]], established the colony after the [[partition of India]] in 1947. There are a number of Derewalis living in [[Vijay Nagar, Delhi|Vijay Nagar]], [[Ashok Vihar]], [[Mukherjee Nagar]] and  [[Gurgaon]]<ref name="The Tribune - Derawal Nagar">{{cite web|url = http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030319/ncr1.htm| title = Colonies, posh and model in name only!|publisher = NCR Tribune|access-date = 2007-12-16}}</ref> It is just a small colony comprising two blocks A and B. It has a famous gurudwara of Shah Ji in A block. The language spoken by the original inhabitants of this area is [[Derawali dialect|Derawali]], which is a dialect of [[Saraiki language|Saraiki]].<ref>{{Cite book|last=Nagpal|first=Vinod Kumar|url=https://books.google.co.in/books?id=zCPtDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT90&dq=derawali+saraiki&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjw5_TKnvHyAhUUX30KHbwUA6MQ6AF6BAgDEAM#v=onepage&q=derawali%20saraiki&f=false|title=Lessons Unlearned|date=2020-06-25|publisher=Notion Press|isbn=978-1-64869-984-9|language=en}}</ref> Many of these Derawalis in Delhi have opened their dry fruit shops in [[Chandni Chowk]]. But there are Derawalis who have accomplished businessmen in areas of [[Surat]], with the surname Bhatia. Bhatia Chemicals in Surat is a very well known & prominent large business. Bhatia's in Surat and Ahemadabad also started Textile Factories such as Mohanlal And Sons Dyeing & Printing Mills in G.I.D.C. Pandesara, [[Surat]], [[Gujarat]]. Sota, Nangia, Bangia, Arora, Malik, Gera apart from Bhatia are some prominent surnames in the area.
'''Derawal Nagar''' is a neighbourhood in North [[Delhi]]. It is named after people of the [[Derawal]] community. Originally native to the [[Derajat]] region (districts of [[Dera Ismail Khan]] and [[Dera Ghazi Khan]] in present-day [[Pakistan]]). These individuals, who are mostly [[Hindu]], were settled here after the [[partition of India]] in 1947. It comprises two blocks A and B.<ref name=dasgupta>{{Cite book |last=Subhasish |first=Dasgupta |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MtOeBQAAQBAJ&dq=Derawal&pg=PA74 |title=Studies in Virtual Communities, Blogs, and Modern Social Networking |date=2013 |publisher=Information Science Reference |isbn=978-1-4666-4023-8 |pages=74 |language=en}}</ref>


==See also==
==See also==

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Derawal Nagar
Derawal Nagar is located in Delhi
Derawal Nagar
Derawal Nagar
Location in Delhi, India
Coordinates: 28°41′51″N 77°11′22″E / 28.6974°N 77.1895°E / 28.6974; 77.1895
Country India
StateDelhi
DistrictNorth Delhi
Government
 • BodyMunicipal Corporation Of Delhi
Languages
 • OfficialHindi, English
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
PIN
110009
Nearest cityShahdara / Loni
Lok Sabha constituencyNorth West Delhi
Civic agencyMCD

Derawal Nagar is a neighbourhood in North Delhi. It is named after people of the Derawal community. Originally native to the Derajat region (districts of Dera Ismail Khan and Dera Ghazi Khan in present-day Pakistan). These individuals, who are mostly Hindu, were settled here after the partition of India in 1947. It comprises two blocks A and B.[1]

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  1. Subhasish, Dasgupta (2013). Studies in Virtual Communities, Blogs, and Modern Social Networking. Information Science Reference. p. 74. ISBN 978-1-4666-4023-8.